Yesterday's statement in support of the Smithsonian Institution from the American Historical Association, co-signed by 22 other organizations, following Trump's March 27 executive order, “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.”

https://www.historians.org/news/historians-defend-the-smithsonian/

On April 1, 1934, notorious outlaws Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker killed two highway patrolmen, H.D. Murphy and Edward Bryant Wheeler, in Grapevine, Texas (depicted in The Highwaymen, 2019)

#OnThisDay, 1 April 1983, around 200 women dressed as teddy bears or Easter bunnies break into the Greenham Common airbase in the UK to stage a protest picnic against nuclear warfare. Greenham was due to house US nuclear missiles

A further 40,000 protestors, men and women, form a human chain linking #Greenham to #Aldermaston and Burghfield.

Women had established the peace camps at Greenham in 1981.

#OnThisDay, 1 Apr 1792, former spy Etta Palm-Aelders speaks to the revolutionary French parliament.

Her demands?

The right for women to be admitted to civilian and military positions.

The education of girls to be based on the same principles as those of boys.

That women could become adults at the age of 21, and could get divorced.

Her demands were refused.

On this day, March 31, 1995, superstar Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was shot and killed by Yolanda Saldívar, the president of her fan club (depicted in Selena, 1997)

This 1876 CE #Painting by the Russian artist Vasily Vasilyevich Vereschagin of the Pearl Mosque (#MotiMasjid) at #RedFort #Delhi #India (built in 1663 CE by the #Mughal ruler #Aurangzeb) was de-accessioned by #Museun of Fine Arts, Boston & sold by Sothebys in 2011 for $3.1 Million

#EidMubarak #EidUlFitr #happyeidmubarak #eidulfitr2025

#OnThisDay, 31 Mar 1988, Toni Morrison's 'Beloved' wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. She was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993.

“Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation."

#OnThisDay, 31 Mar 1776, Abigail Adams wrote to her husband, John Adams, who was drafting the Declaration of Independence. He declined her suggestions.

#OnThisDay, 30 Mar 1982, Bertha Wilson was sworn in to the Canadian Supreme Court. She is the first woman appointed to sit on it.

When she had started at law school in 1955, she was reportedly advised to 'take up crocheting' instead.

Her 1988 ruling decriminalised abortion in Canada.

Why is DEI used by MAGA as an excuse to purge the accomplishments and resilience of POC from history books and museums?

Why are histories of white supremacy so objectionable to MAGA?

Because these aspects of history are more than objectionable; they are unfathomable. Literally unthinkable.

If MAGA were to accept what scholars know about America's past, it would cost them the whole basis of their self-image. It would require them to relinquish their superiority.

Hey #histodons histodons@a.gup.pe, #digitalhumanities #dh und #spatialhumanities: braucht jemand gerade einen kompetenten jungen Experten in #geoinformation? Habe einen auf #Job suche auf der #fossgis2025 getroffen. Gerne boosten für Reichweite #getfedihired

Hey #histodons und #digitalhumanities #dh und #spatialhumanities: braucht jemand gerade einen kompetenten jungen Experten in #geoinformation? Habe einen auf #Job suche auf der #fossgis2025 getroffen. Gerne boosten für Reichweite

#Cat & Fish

This is a rough-textured c1970 Terracotta sculpture by Ramkinkar Baij (of #India) of a cat with wide, expressive eyes, holding a fish in its mouth. The raw, hand-modeled finish gives it a primal and earthy aesthetic, emphasizing a sense of instinct and survival

Next, for #SaturdayNightCoinShow, another #MysteryCoin - this one is a lovely #Tactile piece, although I must admit, I know very little about the design! Can you #help please? The coin is an 1835-1910 Bhutan 1/2 Rupee, and despite my lack of info on the coin, I did compile some interesting details on the country for you: https://coinofnote.com/1835-1910-bhutan-1-2-rupee/

#Numismatics #CoinCollecting #Unknown #WhatIsIt #Bhutan #History #Histodons #Coins @numismatics @histodons

Here is a coin with some beautiful toning, helped by its interesting metal composition. This is the 1922 East Africa Half Shilling: https://coinofnote.com/1922-east-africa-half-shilling/

#SaturdayNightCoinShow #Numismatics #Coins #History #Histodons @numismatics @histodons

#OnThisDay, 29 Mar 1993, Catherine Callbeck is elected as the premier of Prince Edward Island, Canada, in the general election. She is the first woman to be elected by the public to a premiership in Canada.

Other women had previously held premierships through party leadership elections.

Support Rosie Bsheer and Cemal Kafadar. After baseless accusations against CMES of “antisemitic” programming (and an anonymous student singling Kafadar out for expressing pro-#Palestine views), #Harvard has removed them as directors of the center. This is disgraceful #history #histodons https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/3/29/harvard-cmes-director-departure/

I'm an historian. Yesterday's executive order from Trump ("Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History") is completely deranged. It's an example of the regime's doublespeak. It shits on history, spits in the face of USians, and is devoid the "objective facts" it claims to uphold.

"Americans have witnessed a concerted and widespread effort to rewrite our Nation’s history, replacing objective facts with a distorted narrative driven by ideology rather than truth." My ass.

c4th century intricately carved stucco niche of the Future #Buddha (Maitreya, #Bodhisattva) in a Pensive state, probably worried as much as us about Donald Trump's world-shaking Trade Policies!

This stucco from the Ancient region of #Gandhara of present day #Afghanistan / #Pakistan was sold by Sotheby on 20th March, 2025 for US$ 50,800

#AncientIndia #ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Art #India #History #Religion #Buddhism #Heritage #MastoArt #Histodons #TradeWars of #DonaldTrump

In a collaborative museology initiative, the #InDigit project team, coordinated by Rodrigo Lacerda and Elisabete Pereira, organised a workshop at the National Museum of Ethnology with Kanawayuri Marcello Kamaiurá and Auakamu Kamayurá, from the #Kamayurá indigenous people (Alto Xingu, Brazil).

The full story is here: https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/indigit-receives-kamayura/

@histodons
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